Damocles
Δαμοκλῆς
From Greek Δαμοκλῆς: δᾶμος (damos), a Doric form of "the people", plus κλέος (kleos), "glory".
Meaning and origin
Damocles is the Latin spelling of the Greek Damokles, a courtier remembered from a cautionary tale set in fourth-century-BC Syracuse, at the court of the tyrant Dionysius.
How to pronounce Damocles
| Greek | thah-moh-KLEES /ðamoˈklis/ |
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